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Original poster

what are your top 5 girls and boys names?

172 replies

lotti37 · 28/01/2011 17:32

hello

what are you top 5 girls and boys names?

Thank you!

lotti

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fragglerocks · 29/01/2011 14:40

I love Persephone but DH has said no! It's one of my favourite names of all time!

suspiria · 29/01/2011 14:34

Balthazar
Inigo
Raphael
Orlando
Severin

Persephone
Isadora
Ariadne
Cordelia
Ophelia

LilyBolero · 29/01/2011 14:20

All my kids' names appear lots of times! Grin

CharlieBoo · 29/01/2011 14:16

Harry
Charlie
Oliver
Rafferty
George

Jemima
Molly
Daisy
Elizabeth (soo versatile)

Original poster
lotti37 · 29/01/2011 13:17

This is brilliant - some great names here! decisions decisions! baby number 3 on the way and already have 2 boys Elliot and William and not sure if this is a girl or a boy.

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NotJustKangaskhan · 29/01/2011 13:15

Not including my DCs:

Winifred
Honora
Teresa
Frances
Kaelia or Graciana

Franklin
Zakiah
Emmett
Cyrus
Varian or Lyall or Gratian or Donovan...

Grin Not so good at picking just 5.

HelenaRose · 29/01/2011 12:42

Felicity
Eleanor
Georgia
Rose (my niece's name)
Laura

James (my cousin's, second cousin's and nephew's name!)
Jonathan
Alexander
Patrick
Theodore

MercyMe · 29/01/2011 10:35

Ava (DD)
Sylvie
Violet
Libby
Henrietta

Joe
Gabe
Elliot
Jamie
Brennan

bibbitybobbityhat · 29/01/2011 10:21

Sheherazade
Mary
Suzannah
Rosanna
Daphne

Stan
Edward
James
Christopher
Sam

CockneySparra · 29/01/2011 10:18

ooh, love Sylvie and Dashiell@CammieP.
Might steal for my list (not having any more kids, though, no fear!)

CammieP · 29/01/2011 10:10

Martha
Sylvie
Clementine
Esther
Olwen

Patrick
Elliot
Ambrose
Dashiell
Clement

I have no idea how I'm ever going to decide when I eventually get pregnant, I can't make decisions at the best of times!

CockneySparra · 29/01/2011 09:44

Always changing, but...

Maria
Rosa
Zora
Saoirse
Emmeline

Oisin
Ezekiel
Daniel
Benjamin
Micheal (can't do a fada on my keyboard, but the Irish version that is pronounced Mee-hawl)

saffy85 · 29/01/2011 09:42

Bugger meant to put Faith!

saffy85 · 29/01/2011 09:42

Lily
Lucy
Violet
Siobhan
Katharine/Kitty

Cameron
Joe
Sean
Aiden
Alfie

RatherBeOnThePiste · 29/01/2011 09:38

Kitty
Eliza
Flora
Jemima
Katharine

Harry
Freddie
Henry
Will
Jonty

Valinor · 29/01/2011 09:36

Beatrice
Penelope
Jemima
Xanthe
Leonora

Hugo
Sebastian
Tobias
Theodore
Barnaby

PracticallyImperfectInEveryWay · 29/01/2011 09:29

Sasha
Eloise
Elizabeth
Helena
Anya

Joseph
Finlay
Liam
Max
Isaac

MakeAnotherCuppa · 29/01/2011 08:09

Faith
Elizabeth
Elsie
Grace
Rosie

Samuel
Noah
Harry
George
Thomas

UrsulaBuffay · 29/01/2011 08:07

Oh and Mabel, I forgot! If only DH agreed.

UrsulaBuffay · 29/01/2011 08:03

Phoebe
Imogen
Elisabeth
Genevieve
Cordelia

Seth
Alexander (Xander)
Jago
Jude
Jonah

bex2011 · 29/01/2011 07:53

Girls

Elsie
Martha
Harriet (nn Hattie)
Megan
Jess

Boys

Gus (full name either Angus or Fergus)
Elliott
Luke
Matthew
Sebastian

Zaft · 29/01/2011 06:14

Harriet
Beatrice
Saffron
Sophia
Poppy

Henry
Sebastian
Miles
Felix
William

prettypissedoff · 29/01/2011 01:21

MrsVWolf - A Shakespere fan??

prettypissedoff · 29/01/2011 01:19

Cecily
Unity
Dorcas
Hebe
Abigail

Llewellyn
Arthur
Agustus
William
Alexander

perpetuallypregnant · 29/01/2011 01:04

Anna
Elizabeth
Kate
Claudia
Juliet

B
Isaac
George
James
Roman
Alexander

Not including my own dcs

Love this thread, dd4 due in may, keep changing my mind about names - getting inspired now!